Conservation Fund

Through the Great Recession and the slow recovery that has followed, the oil and natural gas industry stands out as a rare bright spot. Creating jobs 40 percent faster than the rest of the economy has a way of doing that.

Many Florida families were hit hard by the recession — harder than they should have been. Energy-producing states like Texas and North Dakota recovered quickly, but the federal government keeps most of Florida's energy resources under lock and key, with 98 percent of the eastern Gulf and all of our Atlantic Coast unavailable for oil and natural gas leasing.

But we have an opportunity to change that by encouraging the government to allow safe and...

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